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OAG - Child Support | Assistant Attorney General I

Texas Attorney General · La Marque, TX · 1 mo ago
LegalFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Must preserve all substantive info. We need to parse the posting. Content: - Intro: "Are you interested in mission-driven legal work? ..." This is description of role. Could be About the role. - Then description: "Assistant Attorneys General (AAGs) represent the State of Texas in judicial and administrative family law proceedings to establish paternity, obtain court orders for financial support and health care coverage for children, and enforce and modify child support orders. CSD staff also strive to promote the involvement of both parents in their children's lives and the agency regularly collaborates with other state agencies and community organizations to serve the needs of Texas families. CSD AAGs have a robust legal practice that includes gaining significant trial court experience, developing skills in negotiating agreed court orders, and becoming subject-matter experts in many practice areas of family law. CSD AAGs are part of a collegial statewide team dedicated to supporting Texas children and families. AAGs experience the challenge and honor of public service while enjoying a healthy work-life balance, developing hands-on legal experience, and engaging in camaraderie with their colleagues across the state." - Then about OAG: "The OAG is a dynamic state agency with over 4,000 employees throughout the State of Texas. As the State's law firm, the OAG provides exemplary legal representation in diverse areas of law. OAG employees enjoy excellent benefits (https://ers.texas.gov/Benefits-at-a-Glance) along with tremendous opportunities to do important work at a large, dynamic state agency making a positive difference in the lives of Texans." - Then "Function Description" bullet list: Represent the State of Texas at legal proceedings to locate, establish, enforce, modify, or terminate court orders for child support and medical support. Represents the State of Texas in administrative hearings Provides legal advice, consultation, and technical assistance to the Child Support Program Develops and delivers training Performs related work as assigned Maintains relevant knowledge necessary to perform essential job functions Attends work regularly in compliance with agreed-upon work schedule Ensures security and confidentiality of sensitive and/or protected information Complies with all agency policies and procedures, including those pertaining to ethics and integrity - Then MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: details for AAG I, II, III, IV. Must preserve all. - Then PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Two years' experience in handling Family Law cases, Jury Trial Experience, Experience in handling a high-volume legal practice, Other Language: Ability to proficiently read, write, and speak Spanish. - Then application instructions etc which we must remove (boilerplate). Also EEO statement removed. We need to decide sections. We have: - About the role: could include intro and description of role and OAG. - Responsibilities: could be the Function Description list. - Requirements: maybe Minimum Qualifications. - Qualifications: maybe Preferred Qualifications? But we already have Requirements for minimum; Qualifications could be preferred? However guidelines: Use sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide what goes where. We have skills listed in minimum qualifications: skill in legal writing, mediation, negotiation, skill in serving as a trial lawyer, preparing sound opinions, conducting investigations, performing legal research, skill in using a personal computer for word-processing and data entry/retrieval, skill in handling multiple tasks, prioritizing, meeting deadlines, skill in effective oral and written communication, skill in exercising sound judgment and effective decision making, ability to receive and respond positively to constructive feedback, ability to work cooperatively with others in a professional office environment, ability to provide excellent customer service, ability to work in person at assigned OAG work location, perform all assigned tasks at designated OAG work space within OAG work location, and perform in-person work with coworkers (e.g., collaborating, training, mentoring) for the entirety of every work week (unless on approved leave), ability to arrange for personal transportation for business-related travel, ability to work more than 40 hours as needed and in compliance with the FLSA, ability to lift and relocate 30 lbs., ability to travel (including overnight travel) up to 25%. These are skills/abilities. Could go under Skills section. Minimum qualifications also include education, licensing, etc. Those could go under Requirements. Preferred qualifications could go under Qualifications. Benefits: mention "OAG employees enjoy excellent benefits (link)". No specifics besides link. The rule: do NOT create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It states "excellent benefits" with a link. That's a statement of benefits, albeit vague. Should we include Benefits section? It says "excellent benefits (https://ers.texas.gov/Benefits-at-a-Glance)". That's specific enough? It mentions a link to benefits. I'd include Benefits section with that sentence. Pay: not mentioned. So omit Pay section. Schedule: not mentioned explicitly. There's mention of work schedule compliance, but not specific schedule. Not enough to create Schedule section. So omit. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits. We need to use

for each section heading. Inside sections, use

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  • for lists. We must not repeat job title. Not include Job ID etc. We must preserve all substantive information. So we need to include all details from minimum qualifications, preferred qualifications, responsibilities, etc. We need to be careful not to invent or summarize away detail. Must keep specifics like "Graduation from an accredited law school with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree", etc. We'll need to format lists. Let's draft. About the role: combine intro paragraphs. Prose: "Are you interested in mission-driven legal work? Do you enjoy helping others? Join the Office of the Attorney General's (OAG) Child Support Division (CSD) in our mission to encourage responsible parenting by promoting the involvement of both parents in their children's lives and ensuring that children in Texas receive the support they need and deserve. Assistant Attorneys General (AAGs) represent the State of Texas in judicial and administrative family law proceedings to establish paternity, obtain court orders for financial support and health care coverage for children, and enforce and modify child support orders. CSD staff also strive to promote the involvement of both parents in their children's lives and the agency regularly collaborates with other state agencies and community organizations to serve the needs of Texas families. CSD AAGs have a robust legal practice that includes gaining significant trial court experience, developing skills in negotiating agreed court orders, and becoming subject-matter experts in many practice areas of family law. CSD AAGs are part of a collegial statewide team dedicated to supporting Texas children and families. AAGs experience the challenge and honor of public service while enjoying a healthy work-life balance, developing hands-on legal experience, and engaging in camaraderie with their colleagues across the state. The OAG is a dynamic state agency with over 4,000 employees throughout the State of Texas. As the State's law firm, the OAG provides exemplary legal representation in diverse areas of law. OAG employees enjoy excellent benefits (https://ers.texas.gov/Benefits-at-a-Glance) along with tremendous opportunities to do important work at a large, dynamic state agency making a positive difference in the lives of Texans." That's a long paragraph but okay. Responsibilities: list from Function Description. We'll make
    • each bullet. Responsibilities items: - Represent the State of Texas at legal proceedings to locate, establish, enforce, modify, or terminate court orders for child support and medical support. - Represents the State of Texas in administrative hearings - Provides legal advice, consultation, and technical assistance to the Child Support Program - Develops and delivers training - Performs related work as assigned - Maintains relevant knowledge necessary to perform essential job functions - Attends work regularly in compliance with agreed-upon work schedule - Ensures security and confidentiality of sensitive and/or protected information - Complies with all agency policies and procedures, including those pertaining to ethics and integrity Note: some start with verb, some with "Represents". Keep as is. Requirements: Minimum Qualifications for AAG I through IV. Need to preserve all details. We could structure as a list of qualifications per level, but we must not lose detail. We could output as a
        with each qualification item, but need to differentiate levels? Could embed headings inside

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        for section headings, not subheadings. Could use

        to describe levels then

          for items. We must preserve all substantive info: education, licensing, good standing, knowledge of Family Law and Texas Family Code, skills list, abilities list, etc. Also for AAG II, III, IV: additional experience requirements. We'll need to include all. Let's extract Minimum Qualifications text: "MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONSAssistant Attorney General (AAG) I:Education: Graduation from an accredited law school with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degreeLicensed as an attorney by the State of TexasMust be in good standing with the State Bar of Texas and eligible to practice law in Texas by start dateKnowledge of Family Law and the Texas Family Code Skill in legal writing, mediation, and negotiationSkill in serving as a trial lawyer, preparing sound opinions, conducting investigations, and performing legal researchSkill in using a personal computer for word-processing and data entry/retrievalSkill in handling multiple tasks, prioritizing, and meeting deadlinesSkill in effective oral and written communicationSkill in exercising sound judgment and effective decision makingAbility to receive and respond positively to constructive feedbackAbility to work cooperatively with others in a professional office environmentAbility to provide excellent customer serviceAbility to work in person at assigned OAG work location, perform all assigned tasks at designated OAG work space within OAG work location, and perform in-person work with coworkers (e.g., collaborating, training, mentoring) for t e entirety of every work week (unless on approved leave)Ability to arrange for personal transportation for business-related travelAbility to work more than 40 hours as needed and in compliance with the FLSAAbility to lift and relocate 30 lbs.Ability to travel (including overnight travel) up to 25% Assistant Attorney General (AAG) II: All of the above minimum qualifications for an AAG I, PLUS:Experience: One year of full-time experience working in the following (or closely related) fields: Full-time legal experience as a licensed attorneyAssistant Attorney General (AAG) III:All of the above minimum qualifications for an AAG II, PLUS:Experience: One additional year of full-time experience working in the following (or closely related) fields: Full-time legal experience as a licensed attorneyAssistant Attorney General (AAG) IV:All of the above minimum qualifications for an AAG III, PLUS:Experience: One additional year of full-time experience working in the following (or closely related) fields: Full-time legal experience as a licensed attorney" Note there are some typos: "for t e entirety". We must preserve exactly as given? Probably preserve but we can keep as is; it's part of posting. We'll keep the text. We need to format nicely. We could break into paragraphs per level. We'll output:

          Assistant Attorney General (AAG) I:

          • Education: Graduation from an accredited law school with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree
          • Licensed as an attorney by the State of Texas
          • Must be in good standing with the State Bar of Texas and eligible to practice law in Texas by start date
          • Knowledge of Family Law and the Texas Family Code
          • Skill in legal writing, mediation, and negotiation
          • Skill in serving as a trial lawyer, preparing sound opinions, conducting investigations, and performing legal research
          • Skill in using a personal computer for word-processing and data entry/retr

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